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PhotoMalaysia Exhibition Launched!

Posted on January 9th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Yes, it was launched tonight! No…I wasn’t there but I am as excited as everybody!

Here’s a photo took by one of our forum member (magic), which is also The Star photographer:

(Photo by Glenn Guan. Original photo posted at:
http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30546&page=10)

The exhibition has already been featured in Malaysia TV (RTM2 on “Hello On 2” program), and I heard NTV 7 will air the news about the exhibition as well.

Of course, not forgetting Malaysia largest English newspaper, The Star, will also publish the news about the exhibition in their StarMetro Central in a couple of days time.

I am really proud for the commitment and dedication PhotoMalaysia members have contributed to the exhibition.

Lastly, if you are interested in seeing the evening before the launch (preparation of the exhibition), go to:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40127

I saw Megumi photo there!

(can you spot where is Megumi? The same photo I have posted here before…)

(photo by sean eng)

Do drop by Central Market Kuala Lumpur if you happened to be in KL between now and 27th January 2008!

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03 January 2008

Posted on January 6th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My wife was very busy on 03 January 2008 since early morning.

In traditional Chinese culture, we eat “shou mian”, drumstick and red egg during birthday. Yes, my wife took the trouble to colour the eggs to red.

Then in the evening, my wife baked a birthday cake for me…

Early stage…

Icing dressing! Yes, must have icing else can’t call birthday cake…

Megumi also join “eye-sharing”. She touched the cake/icing actually “on purpose”.

Wordings…dedicated to…me lah…who else?!

See!

Finally, family photo!

Thank you, dear. Thank God for my lovely and caring wife, my dear megumi and my family back in Malaysia and my sister in UK. In Jesus name I thanked.

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Eh…forgot to mention…where is my birthday present? Yes, there is one. My wife asked me long ago…and I make it clear…yes, I want a Nikon D3.

Here come D3…made in Japan by my wife. One and only in the world…

(To ShaShinKi.com customer. Don’t worry, you will not receive the above D3 if you ordered one at ShaShinKi.com…I promised… )

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PhotoMalaysia 2008 Monthly Photo Competition Prizes

Posted on January 5th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Can’t afford a Canon Selphy printer?

Dream of a Canon EOS 40D + lens?

Here’s your chances (13 times)! Participate in PhotoMalaysia monthly photo competition and you can stand a chance to win the following prizes!

For more info, visit:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39937

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Google Adsense Experience…3 months later…

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I have restarted Google Adsense in September 2007 - this time for real and of course, with all honesty. Do not click on the ads yourself!

Site…

My main site that listed my Adsense content is PhotoMalaysia.com. I am the co-founder of PhotoMalaysia.com, so I have full control over it for the ads and daily operation of it. Of course, also because I now take the burden of funding the server rental cost, which hit over RM5k or US$1.5k a year.

Back to Adsense…I would like to share with you some of my experience of how I notice the increase in revenue after I make some changes to the placement and contents of my Adsense ads.

Miracle Skyhigh Profit? Dream on…

Initially, I have high expectation from Adsense. After hearing and reading lots of success stories with Adsense, I was hoping that PhotoMalaysia can generate high income for me after I put up Adsense there. I was wrong…at least initially.

Do not expect your members to click ads in your site if you do not place them strategically. Warning: DO NOT ASK OR PROMOTE OR INVITE YOUR MEMBERS TO CLICK ON THE ADS! THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND ILLEGAL AND WILL RESULT YOUR ACCOUNT BEING TERMINATED!

My Statistics

My revenue from Adsense in September (starts from 5th September 2007) is just US$15.78, with total 293 clicks and 235,263 page impressions. For me, this is quite disappointing since I was hoping to get hundreds of dollars from Adsense. So I did not work further with Adsense in October and November, since I thought Adsense did not help much…so I might as well try selling ads myself.

September 2007 revenue:

• Total earning (USD): US$15.78

October 2007 revenue:

• Total earning (USD): $28.82

Yeah, October is better than September by nearly double! But still…not much…

November 2007 revenue:

• Total Earning (USD): $25.05

Hmm…less than October…seems like it is going to be static at average US$2x.xx if I am not going to do anything.

Another reason for me to go back to Adsense is because selling ads yourself isn’t easy. I don’t get many advertisers myself…and my ads are selling at low price too. So, might as well try Adsense again…since many have successful story with it.

One thing I notice in Adsense report is Page Impressions. It tells you how many times the ads is being served at your site. Put it in simple way, the higher the impression, the more frequent the ads being shown at your site. The more frequent the ads being shown, the higher chance people will click on it. Also take note that while the total click for November is less than September, but I got higher revenue in November because I got higher page impression in November.

So, I come to a simple and short conclusion: I should put more ads in strategic locations in PhotoMalaysia.com.

More ads yes…but what about strategic locations?

Have you seen websites with lots of ads and are mainly driven by Adsense than the content of the websites themselves? Yes, there are many. As a visitor, I immediately got put off by those ads driven sites. I don’t want PhotoMalaysia to be like that. I don’t want to hit my members with lots of ads and making them angry or feel distracted. Ads should serve its purpose of attracting customers but not frustrating viewers.

Do remember that a forum is driven by members, not the otherwise. Your forum will not be forever hot and active if you pushed your members away.

With that in mind, I carefully choose locations for my ads. Of course, Adsense ads are pretty nice looking and doesn’t really make people vomit. The best thing I like about Adsense is how relevant the ads is to your website. No gambling or porn ads as well. Definitely good and suitable for my photography forum.

So, in December I have added some new Adsense ads toPhotoMalaysia.com. You can check out my ads location in PhotoMalaysia.com, must easier than having me describe each and everyone here. In general, for high hit pages, I put ads on top, bottom and sometimes middle (for those lengthy page). Frame up my ads so that they melt and look nice with the website.

So…how is my December revenue?

December 2007 revenue:

• Total Earning (USD): $37.61

Yeah, hit over US$3x.xx. Better than the previous few months.

Now, starting year 2008…I have added up some extra ads locations, mainly in the Photography section (Gallery) in PhotoMalaysia. We got quite a number of hit in Photography, so hopefully it will drive more members to Adsense.

Another note to Publisher. I notice that Image ads though is more attractive, but it can only serve ONE ads per time in that particular space. So, it is good to have multiple ads in some high hit pages with both image and text ads (I set my site to let Adsense determine it for me).

Final words…(temporary)

I must admit that I am still very new to Adsense. There are still lots of things for me to learn and find out, which can only be learn through experience. I will report and post my findings from time to time…sharing this most successful and largest ads campaign in the internet ever (period).

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PhotoMalaysia Exhibition 2008 - What Now? Malaysia After 50.

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

PhotoMalaysia will have its first ever exhibition in Central Market, Kuala Lumpur from 9th January 2008 to 27th January 2008!

Exhibition detail:

• Date: Jan 9 (Wed) - 27 (Sun) 2008
• Time: 11am - 7pm daily (closed on Mondays)
• Place:
  The Annexe Gallery
  2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe,
  Kuala Lumpur,
  Malaysia
  Tel: 03-2070 1137 or 03-2274 6542

The Opening receptions:

• Place: Central Market Annex (top floor)
• Date: 8th January 2008 (Tuesday)
• Time: 8pm

Public members especially photographers and PhotoMalaysia members are welcome to visit and participate in the opening ceremony!

You can find more info of the exhibition at:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39780

This exhibition is organised by:

• PhotoMalaysia
• The Annexe Central Market
  

Sponsored by:

• Canon Malaysia
• ShaShinKi.com

Yeah…ShaShinKi.com is one of the sponsor!

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Goodbye Netscape Navigator…

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

AOL has announced that it will stop providing support for Netscape Navigator browser after 1st February 2008. Last version of Netscape Navigator is v9

Once a rival to Microsoft IE and once the best internet browser and most user used browser…its day is to be remembered…hence I just have to post this in my blog.

Netscape has went through many changes, from a freeware to a paid software then back to freeware. I think the PAID stage is killing it off. Sueing Microsoft for monopoly…etc.

Most internet users are now using IE or FireFox. Personally I am using FireFox 99.9% of the time, occasionally I open up IE for some testings or plugin support. FireFox is a freeware, booming for its simplicity and great features and of course the speed.

Netscape last version will be v9, AOL has removed the download link but you can still download it from various other websites. Take note that SUPPORT will no longer be provided.

AOL / Netscape suggests turning to FireFox for replacement browser.

News of Netscape Navigator discontinued at:

http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/

Download FireFox at:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

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